Front-End Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Front-End Software Engineer (Archive Team)

• Focus: NRAO Science Archive web application UI and front-end features

• Work: Design, build, and modernize front-end components; collaborate with backend on APIs

Description

Join a mid-level Front-End Software Engineer role focused on the NRAO Science Archive—an important user-facing application for astronomers. You will modernize and streamline the UI, build new front-end components to help scientists find and work with radio astronomy data, and improve performance, accessibility, and test coverage. You will collaborate with backend developers to design and consume RESTful APIs and improve overall system performance.

Responsibilities

• Modernize and streamline the user interface for improved user experience

• Build new front-end features and components for scientific data discovery and workflows

• Improve front-end performance, accessibility, and test coverage

• Collaborate with backend developers on API design/consumption and system performance improvements

• Design and deliver key components while working with teammates and scientific users

• Maintain and upgrade existing software and develop new tools

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the United States; cannot sponsor new H-1B visas

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or highly relevant experience

• Minimum 1 year of software application development experience

• At least 3 years of professional web application development experience (front-end focus preferred)

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to work effectively in a Scrum environment

• Professional experience with Angular and TypeScript

• Solid command of HTML, CSS/Sass, and JavaScript; experience with Bootstrap or similar frameworks

• Experience with webpack build/bundling

• Experience consuming and designing RESTful APIs; understanding of HTTP

• Experience with version control

• Experience with front-end testing (unit and end-to-end) and CI/CD

• Ability to debug and profile browser-based web applications

• Understanding of object-oriented design for maintainable code

• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply new languages and frameworks

Benefits

• Starting salary: $96,588–$120,000

• Excellent paid time off (13 holidays; annual accrual up to 24 vacation days)

• Medical, dental, and vision plans effective first day (subject to eligibility)

• Retirement contribution equal to 10% of qualified base pay (no required employee contribution)